Jim Bliesner

Jim Bliesner is an artist exploring ideas in multiple media. He started with painting and set out to paint the great cities of the world... Paris, Venice, Jerusalem, villages of China, Mexico, England, Brazil, Turkey and the USA. This odyssey produced over 400 paintings, woodcuts and prints.

Jim diverse interests and flexibility brought his artistry into furniture crafting, public installations, film-making, writing and teaching. He has explored the US/Mexico Border, Baja, and Havana through film media in conjunction with the border art collective, RevArte. His public sculptures are internationally renowned, featuring many in San Diego and in the San Diego Port District.His education includes a BA and MA in Philosophy and Ethics from Boston University with art training from the New York Studio School of Painting Drawing and Sculpture. He is currently an instructor in the Urban Studies Department at the University of California-San Diego and is the Director of the San Diego Center for Urban Economics and Design. See some of Jim's latest installations on his blog: jimbliesner.wordpress.com